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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Words: 589 - Pages: 3.... each of the following three categories must be present:
1. slow growth before and after birth including weight, height and/or head circumference,
2. facial dysmorphology such as thin upper lip, flattened philtrum, and/or short openings between eyelids, and
3. damage to the central nervous system.
Diagnosis can be difficult because many of the critical diagnostic features change with age. It is most difficult to diagnose in newborns and adults. Reaching an FAE diagnosis is even more difficult because only some of the symptoms are present, and possibly not as visible. This disorder cannot be detected by genetic testing because the dam .....
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Essay On Metals
Words: 1159 - Pages: 5.... fine detail. This is highly desirable for some types of fine
filigree work and also means that a ring made out of 24 K gold can be
easily opened and closed without special tools and without growing brittle
and/or breaking as is the case with most harder alloys.
The disadvantages are clear. The price is high and in its pure form
it's so soft it wears quickly from the purely mechanic rubbing of your skin
and of other jewellery.
The common solution, however, is not without its flaws. "Cutting"
the gold with cheaper metals can mean dramatic savings in material cost and
highly improved resistance to wear but we must remember that it also .....
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Creation Or Evolution?
Words: 685 - Pages: 3.... interpret the two Genesis accounts of creation in the Bible literally and believe that the Bible is without error. They believe that the "day" mentioned in Genesis 1 signifies a normal 24 hour day. According to this creation the universe was established in six days. Biblical creationists interpret most sedimentary rocks as products of Noah's flood. The majority believes that the earth is under 10,000 years of age. Some believe 4004 BC was the year of creation.
The person who proposed the methods by which natural processes cause the evolution of the species was Charles Darwin. He used natural selection to explain how evolution worked. .....
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The Polar Bear
Words: 1548 - Pages: 6.... This means that their huge paws point inward. Having their paws in this position helps them grip the slippery ice. Another specialized feature of its paws is that they have pads of dense fur on the bottoms. Polar bears are the only bears that have this feature. These pads help the bear retain heat and to grip the ice and provide better traction. Polar bears are fast movers. When on uneven ice the bear will “trot”, moving its legs on opposite sides in unison. It can trot at 12 to 18 miles per hour. When it is running, it can reach speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. The bear can travel around 50 miles on an average day. .....
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Global Warning
Words: 793 - Pages: 3.... increased by 0.5 Degrees Celsius. Human and ecological systems are already vulnerable to a range of environmental pressures, including climate extremes and variability. Global warming is likely to amplify the effects of other pressures and to disrupt our lives in numerous ways. "Melting icebergs and expanding oceans may cause floods." The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that there will be an increase in sea level by the year 2100 of 1.5 feet . "Twenty Five percent of the world’s population lives less than 1.1 .....
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Geology Fo Mars
Words: 1330 - Pages: 5.... north and south. This has been largely attributed to volcanism and erosion. Mars is similar to our moon in the southern hemisphere. This region is referred to as the “Highlands” of Mars. The area is pitted with numerous craters that reach between one to four km above the datum. Ejecta from the impact scatter around the crater making a rim like structure.
The northern hemisphere is very low compared to the southern hemisphere. In the north the ground level rarely reaches above one km below the datum. This stark contrast between north and south is thought to have happened 3 Gyr ago. The south was continuously bombarded w .....
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The Jovian Planets
Words: 2883 - Pages: 11.... about the same rotational characteristics and all have rings around them.
Jupiter, the first of , reigns supreme throughout the solar system. Named after the Roman god Jove, the ruler of Olympus; Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and is also the largest planet in the Earth’s solar system. It is 318 times more massive than Earth and is two thirds of the planetary mass in the solar system. Jupiter’s surface, unlike earth, is gaseous and not a solid. It is about 90% hydrogen and 10% helium with traces of methane, ammonia, water and rock. Jupiter’s interior is very similar to the Sun’s interior but with a far lower temperature .....
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About All Sharks
Words: 761 - Pages: 3.... edges, thus, the name saw sharks.
SQUALIFORMES: The order possesses three family which consist of about 82 species.
These sharks are characterized by their slender, cylinder-shaped bodies, long
snouts with shortened mouths.
HEXANCHIFORMES: The Hexanchiformes or cow sharks, comprise of two families.
Recognized by their six or seven pairs of gill slits, there sharks can often
be found in deep water. The frilled shark (CHLAMYDISELACHUS ANGUINEUS)
who's appearance is quite unmistakable due to it's "eel" like appearance, is
perhaps one the strangest shark that exist today.
FOSSIL RECORD: Shark fossil record is fargmentery at best. Most foss .....
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BETA PICTORIS: PLANETS? LIFE? OR WHAT?
Words: 1554 - Pages: 6.... by this envelope of gas and dust (1).” In 1967,
Davidson and Harwit agreed with Poveda and then termed this occurrence, the “
cocoon nebula” (1). Other authors have referred to this occurrence as, a “
placental nebula” (1), noting that it sustains the growth of planetary bodies.
For a long time, even before there was the term cocoon nebula, planetary
scientists knew that a cocoon nebula had surrounded the sun, long ago, in order
for our solar system to form and take on their currents motions (1).
In 1755, a German, named Immanuel Kant, reasoned that “gravity would
make circumsolar cloud contract and that rotatio .....
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Managing Information Systems
Words: 1789 - Pages: 7.... called cyberspace.
In the 1950’s and 60’s the fear of nuclear attack was constantly on the minds of the American people and the government. The government therefore developed a corporation called RAND that they put in charge of making a network that could be protected from nuclear attack and could guarantee that we could still fire our own nuclear missiles in our defense. Soon major schools and corporations threw their hats into the race for a network in which information could be sent electronically. Throughout the seventies a couple of schools developed their own network in which they could communicate with each other and d .....
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